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Supplemental Gas

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Supplemental Gas

  1. The Supplemental Gas Committee (SGC) represents the interest of supplemental gas supply operations which may include but not be limited to liquefied natural gas, LPG-Air, synthetic natural gas, landfill gas, methanol, biomass gas, coal gasification, hydrogen, unconventional gas, and their processing, conditioning, storage, transportation, regasification, and utilization.
  2. Share techniques, developments, and practices in supplemental gas supply operations.
  3. Share planning, design, safe practices, emergency procedures, operations, maintenance, in supplemental gas supply facilities and other gas supply operations.
  4. Monitor, recommend, and report industry relative codes and standards activity including changes, proposals, etc.
  5. To investigate new technologies as related to our areas of interest.
  6. To sponsor programs, papers and presentations within the industry at related technical symposiums.
  7. To develop and publish committee reports and technical papers and provide liaison with and encourage liaison from appropriate national and international industry groups, professional associations and other committees for the exchange of information and technical assistance relative to areas of interest.

Typical Committee Member

Engineers and leadership of LNG, LPG Air and SNG plants, major process engineering, design, construction, support company engineers and process equipment manufacturers.

Benefits of Committee Membership

By committee membership, industry professionals broaden their own competence by meeting contemporaries and sharing state-of-the-art supplemental gas information.  Benefits also include work on industry technical references and forums, to help provide cost savings and other benefit to the entire gas industry.  Additionally, members are represented by approved SGC representatives serving on NFPA LNG and LPG standards-developing Technical Committees.

Products and Services

LNG Information Book, Introduction to LNG for Personnel Safety, Introduction to LPG Safety for Propane-Air Plant Personnel, Technical Note “Guidelines for Analyses of Fire Protection and Emergency Response based on 49CFR193, Propane-Air Peakshaving Survey”, LNG Peakshaving and LPG-Air Peakshaving brochures.

Interaction with other AGA Committees/Outside Organizations

Liaison with the National Fire Protection Association LNG Committee and Utility LP Gas Committee. Some members participate in the LNG Consortium and the LPG-Air Symposiums.

Meetings

Usually meets twice a year, in the spring and the fall.   Additional meetings as required and approved by the Managing Committee.